Superfund Research Program
Exposures, Health Impacts, and Risk for Mine Waste Contamination
Center Director: Xinxin Ding
Grant Number: P42ES004940
Funding Period: 1990-2025
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Hazardous Waste Sites with On-Going Research
Anaconda Copper Yerington Mine - Yerington, Nevada
- Project: University of Arizona: Environmental Controls on Bioavailability of Arsenic and Toxic Metals
Project Investigator: Jon Chorover
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of Arizona: Importance of Capping Material Properties in Remediation of Mine Tailings
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: On-going
Argonaut Mine - Jackson, California
- Project: University of Arizona: Environmental Controls on Bioavailability of Arsenic and Toxic Metals
Project Investigator: Jon Chorover
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of Arizona: Importance of Capping Material Properties in Remediation of Mine Tailings
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: On-going
ASARCO Mission Mine - Sahuarita, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Importance of Capping Material Properties in Remediation of Mine Tailings
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: On-going
Blackbird Mine - Lemhi County, Idaho
- Project: University of Arizona: Environmental Controls on Bioavailability of Arsenic and Toxic Metals
Project Investigator: Jon Chorover
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of Arizona: Importance of Capping Material Properties in Remediation of Mine Tailings
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: On-going
Dine College, Shiprock, NM - Shiprock, New Mexico
- Project: University of Arizona: Community Engagement Core
Project Investigator: Karletta Chief
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: On-going
Dine College, Tsaile, AZ - Tsaile, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Community Engagement Core
Project Investigator: Karletta Chief
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: On-going
Flat Creek, Superior, AZ - Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Environmental Controls on Bioavailability of Arsenic and Toxic Metals
Project Investigator: Jon Chorover
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: On-going
Flat Creek, Superior, MT - Montana
- Project: University of Arizona: Importance of Capping Material Properties in Remediation of Mine Tailings
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: On-going
Formosa Mine - Riddle, Oregon
- Project: University of Arizona: Environmental Controls on Bioavailability of Arsenic and Toxic Metals
Project Investigator: Jon Chorover
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of Arizona: Importance of Capping Material Properties in Remediation of Mine Tailings
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: On-going
Gilt Edge - Lead, South Dakota
- Project: University of Arizona: Environmental Controls on Bioavailability of Arsenic and Toxic Metals
Project Investigator: Jon Chorover
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of Arizona: Importance of Capping Material Properties in Remediation of Mine Tailings
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: On-going
Gold King Mine Spill - Silverton, Colorado
- Project: University of Arizona: Community Engagement Core
Project Investigator: Karletta Chief, Raina M Maier, Janick F. Artiola, James A. Field
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: On-going
Iron King Mine and Humboldt Smelter - Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Environmental Controls on Bioavailability of Arsenic and Toxic Metals
Project Investigator: Jon Chorover
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of Arizona: Importance of Capping Material Properties in Remediation of Mine Tailings
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: On-going
Iron Mountain - Redding, California
- Project: University of Arizona: Environmental Controls on Bioavailability of Arsenic and Toxic Metals
Project Investigator: Jon Chorover
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of Arizona: Importance of Capping Material Properties in Remediation of Mine Tailings
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: On-going
KGHM Carlota Mine - Miami, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Importance of Capping Material Properties in Remediation of Mine Tailings
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: On-going
Leviathan Mine - Markleeville, California
- Project: University of Arizona: Environmental Controls on Bioavailability of Arsenic and Toxic Metals
Project Investigator: Jon Chorover
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of Arizona: Importance of Capping Material Properties in Remediation of Mine Tailings
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: On-going
Rio Tinto, Resolution Copper - Superior, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Importance of Capping Material Properties in Remediation of Mine Tailings
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: On-going
Stibnite/Yellow Pine - Stibnite, Idaho
- Project: University of Arizona: Environmental Controls on Bioavailability of Arsenic and Toxic Metals
Project Investigator: Jon Chorover
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of Arizona: Importance of Capping Material Properties in Remediation of Mine Tailings
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: On-going
Sulfur Bank - Clearlake Oaks, California
- Project: University of Arizona: Environmental Controls on Bioavailability of Arsenic and Toxic Metals
Project Investigator: Jon Chorover
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of Arizona: Importance of Capping Material Properties in Remediation of Mine Tailings
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: On-going
Tohono O'odham Community College - Sells, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Community Engagement Core
Project Investigator: Karletta Chief
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: On-going
White King, Lucky Lass - Lakeview, Oregon
- Project: University of Arizona: Environmental Controls on Bioavailability of Arsenic and Toxic Metals
Project Investigator: Jon Chorover
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of Arizona: Importance of Capping Material Properties in Remediation of Mine Tailings
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: On-going
Yerington Mine - Yerington, Nevada
- Project: University of Arizona: Importance of Capping Material Properties in Remediation of Mine Tailings
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
Research/Outreach: On-going
Hazardous Waste Sites with Completed Research
Apache Powder, NPL Superfund site - Benson, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Biosurfactant-Enhanced in Situ Metal Remediation
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Remediating Mine Waste Products
Project Investigator: Martha H Conklin
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Asarco Hayden Plant - Hayden, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Prediction and Properties of Airborne Dust Arising from Mining Sites
Project Investigator: Eric A Betterton
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Avra Valley - Marana, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Electrochemical Remediation of Arsenic and Chromium
Project Investigator: James Farrell
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Broadway-Pantano Landfill - Tucson, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: New Technologies for the Destructive Remediation of Halogenated Organics
Project Investigator: Robert G Arnold, Eric A Betterton
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Field test of a new remediation
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Research Translation Core
Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
Research Types: Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Broken Hill - San Manuel, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Biosurfactant-Enhanced in Situ Metal Remediation
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Camp Navajo (Army depot) DOD site - Flagstaff, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Biosurfactant-Enhanced in Situ Metal Remediation
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Gene Enhanced Remediation of Co-Contaminated Soils
Project Investigator: Ian L. Pepper
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Cananea Mine Spill - Cananea, Sonora
- Project: University of Arizona: Research Translation Core
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier, Julie W Neilson
Research Types: Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Central Arizona Project Headquarters - Phoenix, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Biosurfactant-Enhanced in Situ Metal Remediation
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Fate and transport study, Field test of a new remediation
Research/Outreach: Completed
City of Tucson Fuel Depot - Tucson, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Bioavailability, Soil Heterogeneity, and In-Situ Biodegradation of Organic Contaminants
Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Sequestration Processes for Attenuation and Treatment of Arsenic and other Toxic Elements in Mine Waters
Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
Research Types: Application of a new remediation technology as part of the remediation strategy, Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Superfund Site - Coeur D Alene, Idaho
- Project: University of Arizona: Biosurfactant-Enhanced in Situ Metal Remediation
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Cyprus Tohono Copper Mine - Casa Grande, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Research Translation Core
Research Types: Research Translation, Communication Activities
Research/Outreach: Completed
El Camino del Cerro Landfill WQARF Site - Tucson, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: New Technologies for the Destructive Remediation of Halogenated Organics
Project Investigator: Robert G Arnold
Research Types: Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Sequestration Processes for Attenuation and Treatment of Arsenic and other Toxic Elements in Mine Waters
Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
Research Types: Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed
Farmer's Water Company - Sahuarita, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Electrochemical Remediation of Arsenic and Chromium
Project Investigator: James Farrell
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Field test of a new remediation
Research/Outreach: Completed
GE Moreau Superfund Site - SOUTH GLENS FALLS, New York
- Project: University of Arizona: Bioavailability, Soil Heterogeneity, and In-Situ Biodegradation of Organic Contaminants
Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
Research Types: Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed
Gold King Mine Spill - Silverton, Colorado
- Project: University of Arizona: Research Translation Core
Project Investigator: Karletta Chief, Raina M Maier, Janick F. Artiola, James A. Field
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Harrison Landfill - Tucson, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: New Technologies for the Destructive Remediation of Halogenated Organics
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Field test of a new remediation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Iron King Mine and Humboldt Smelter - Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Community Engagement Core
Project Investigator: Karletta Chief
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Critical Events in the Transformation of Human Bladder Cells by Low-Level Arsenic Exposure
Project Investigator: A. Jay Gandolfi
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Prediction and Properties of Airborne Dust Arising from Mining Sites
Project Investigator: Eric A Betterton
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Field test of a new remediation, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Research Support Core
Project Investigator: Jon Chorover
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Research Translation Core
Project Investigator: Monica Ramirez-Andreotta
Research Types: Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Revegetation of Mining Wastes in Arid and Semiarid Environments: Plant-Microbe-Metal Interactions and Fertility Island Effects
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Field test of a new remediation, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Toxicological Impact of Mine Tailings Dust on Lung Epithelial Barrier Function
Project Investigator: Robert Clark Lantz
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Klondyke Tailings, WQARF site - Willcox, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Remediating Mine Waste Products
Project Investigator: Martha H Conklin
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Revegetation of Mining Wastes in Arid and Semiarid Environments: Plant-Microbe-Metal Interactions and Fertility Island Effects
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Field test of a new remediation, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Motorola, Inc. (52nd Street Plant) Superfund site - Phoenix, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Bioavailability, Soil Heterogeneity, and In-Situ Biodegradation of Organic Contaminants
Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
Research Types: Fate and transport study, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Community Engagement Core
Project Investigator: James A. Field
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Research Translation Core
Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
Research Types: Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Nacozari Mining Site - Nacozari, Sonora
- Project: University of Arizona: Revegetation of Mining Wastes in Arid and Semiarid Environments: Plant-Microbe-Metal Interactions and Fertility Island Effects
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Outreach or Community Engagement, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Olive Grove Dross Site - Tucson, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Gene Enhanced Remediation of Co-Contaminated Soils
Project Investigator: Ian L. Pepper
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Page Ranch Landfill - Oracle, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Biosurfactant-Enhanced in Situ Metal Remediation
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Electrochemical Remediation of Arsenic and Chromium
Project Investigator: James Farrell
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: New Technologies for the Destructive Remediation of Halogenated Organics
Project Investigator: Robert G Arnold, Eric A Betterton
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Remediating Mine Waste Products
Project Investigator: Martha H Conklin
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Sequestration Processes for Attenuation and Treatment of Arsenic and other Toxic Elements in Mine Waters
Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: Completed
Park- Euclid, WQARF site - Tucson, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: New Technologies for the Destructive Remediation of Halogenated Organics
Project Investigator: Robert G Arnold, Eric A Betterton, A. Eduardo Saez
Research Types: Application of a new remediation technology as part of the remediation strategy, Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Fate and transport study, Field test of a new remediation, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Phoenix-Goodyear Airport (PGA) - Phoenix, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Community Engagement Core
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Sequestration Processes for Attenuation and Treatment of Arsenic and other Toxic Elements in Mine Waters
Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Pinal Creek, WQARF site - Globe, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Remediating Mine Waste Products
Project Investigator: Martha H Conklin
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed
San Pedro River Mine Tailings Site, AZ (Bureau of Land management) - Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Revegetation of Mining Wastes in Arid and Semiarid Environments: Plant-Microbe-Metal Interactions and Fertility Island Effects
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Application of a new remediation technology as part of the remediation strategy, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Field test of a new remediation, Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Silver Valley - Kellogg, Idaho
- Project: University of Arizona: Biosurfactant-Enhanced in Situ Metal Remediation
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Silverbell Landfill WQARF site - Tucson, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Sequestration Processes for Attenuation and Treatment of Arsenic and other Toxic Elements in Mine Waters
Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
Research Types: Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed
Silverbell Post Office - Tucson, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Biosurfactant-Enhanced in Situ Metal Remediation
Project Investigator: Raina M Maier
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Tucson International Airport Area (TIAA) Superfund Site - Tucson, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Community Engagement Core
Project Investigator: James A. Field
Research Types: Outreach or Community Engagement
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Research Support Core
Project Investigator: Jon Chorover
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Research Translation Core
Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
Research Types: Research Translation
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Sequestration Processes for Attenuation and Treatment of Arsenic and other Toxic Elements in Mine Waters
Project Investigator: Mark L Brusseau
Research Types: Application of a new remediation technology as part of the remediation strategy, Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Fate and transport study, Field test of a new remediation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Vulture Mill, AZ WQARF site - Wickenburg, Arizona
- Project: University of Arizona: Transport of Trace Metals in a Polluted Aquifer
Project Investigator: Martha H Conklin
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Arizona: Transport of Trace Metals in a Polluted Aquifer
Project Investigator: Martha H Conklin
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed